Calvin Plummer
Vital Football Legend
DT did not post evidence; he alluded to the union being called in because some members of the bomb squad had been made to train with the under age teams, a practice that is common up and down the leagues.
The bomb squad, which is now a grand total of two, still train with the under age teams; the big difference is one of those players accepts he has no future at the Club, but rather than sulk he is getting stuck in to helping the kids develop.
You see, some players do have a good attitude.
Danny also made a remark about Riberio which turned out to be incorrect.
There is no blame culture at the Club (and who's fault is that?) it there was, Danny would have had more information from pissed off players than he would know what to do with.
As for the difference between how Dutch and Belgian kids are trained compared to ours; I'm not so sure that gap is still so big anymore, there certainly appears to be a swathe of hugely talented kids coming through, particularly onto the England scene, and some are even going abroad to play.
There is also a lot of talent coming through our Academy and that will only get better once we have Cat 1.
You should pay the Under 23's a visit because once you have witnessed how they are run and the talent on display I am certain you will change your mind on that point.
I did not claim that culture does not impact on shop floor workers; I said they were completely detached from the politics that surround the senior management and the Directors - do you seriously think they give a fuck when a manager or director gets fired or promoted?
And Footballers are no different; if you think that disagreements between our CEO and two board members have put all of the players on a massive downer, well, its just not true.
Its a though you are willing things to go wrong just so that you can point the blame at EM; that would not be good because it will only bring more disappointment.
Its far from the only thing he said as you know full well.
I believe players, coaches and hierarchy share in success and failure. You just want to blame the players and pretend everything else is great, each window you declare as being great despite us constantly being littered with dead weight.